Background
Goldsmith, Robert was born on May 24, 1882 in Kingston, New York, United States. Son of Abraham Marshall and Sarah Jane (Tootill) Goldsmith.
Goldsmith, Robert was born on May 24, 1882 in Kingston, New York, United States. Son of Abraham Marshall and Sarah Jane (Tootill) Goldsmith.
Educated Mount Hermon (Massachusetts) school and Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts.
Began as credit manager, Harper & Brothers. Assistant editor Collier’s Weekly, 1907-1908. Pastor College Church (Independent Congregationalist), East Lansing, Michigan, 1909-1911.
Founder, Civic Church, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1912. Pastor Mapleton Park Congressional Church, Brooklyn, New York, 1914-1916. Staff lecturer League for Political Education, New York City, 1915.
Special editor Russell Sage Foundation, 1916. Associate secretary League to Enforce Peace, 1916-1918. Special editor Rockefeller Foundation, 1918-1919.
Director lecture department of Interch. World Movement, 1920. Editorial writer New York World, 1921.
Director bureau of Political Research, Democratic National Committee, since 1921.
Married Edith Darrow, December 25, 1907.